Series 2

1981-03-29 · 52m

After a severed hand is discovered, Cribb travels down to the seaside town of Brighton to discover the victim's identity, with the assistance of an eccentric holiday-maker with a tale of a missing woman.

1981-04-05 · 49m

A popular campaign is being waged to prevent the sale of Jumbo, London Zoo's most popular attraction to America. When the elderly animal-lover organising the protests is murdered, Cribb considers the various motives for killing her.

1981-04-12 · 51m

Jowett is very excited by the upcoming Golden Jubilee celebrations and is jealous when Cribb is selected by the Royal Household for a special mission—to investigate the background of the new nanny being selected for the Queen's granddaughter.

1981-04-19 · 48m

Cribb and Thackeray investigate the apparent suicide of a retired colonel, a member of a village choir. The detectives soon deduce that the Colonel's death was murder but their questions are met with a wall of silence from the locals.

1981-05-03 · 51m

Jowett returns to his old school for a small reunion. His suspicions are raised by an appeal for funds by an ex-classmate, who is subsequently murdered.

1981-05-10 · 49m

Cribb goes undercover to infiltrate the Irish Republican Brotherhood, who are planning a major bombing.